O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 44-12-74 (2019)

Loss or destruction of property; right of bailee to compensation

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)

Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.

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If the thing bailed for labor and services is destroyed without fault on the part of the bailee, the loss falls upon the bailor; and the bailee may demand compensation for the labor expended and materials used upon it.

History

Orig. Code 1863, § 2080; Code 1868, § 2075; Code 1873, § 2101; Code 1882,

§ 2101; Civil Code 1895, § 2919; Civil Code 1910, § 3492; Code 1933, § 12-412.

Annotations

JUDICIAL DECISIONS After loss of thing labored on employee must look to employer for compensation. Atlantic Coast Line R.R. v. Baker, 118 Ga. 809, 45 S.E. 673, 1903 Ga. LEXIS 719 (1903).

Bailee is not liable for depreciation of securities after tender to bailor. J.A. Ansley & Co. v. Anderson, Adair & Co., 35 Ga. 8, 1866 Ga. LEXIS 152 (1866).

RESEARCH REFERENCES Am. Jur. 2d. 8 Am. Jur. 2d, Bailments, §§ 117, 189. C.J.S. 8 C.J.S., Bailments, § 106. ALR. Imputing negligence of bailee to bailor where subject to bailment is damaged by third person, 6 A.L.R. 316; 30 A.L.R. 1248. Liability for loss of or damage to property delivered on trial or with privilege of return, 31 A.L.R. 1365. Liability of pawnbroker or pledgee for theft by third person of pawned or pledged property, 68 A.L.R.2d 1259.

Liability of warehouseman for injury to stored goods as result of failure to maintain proper temperatures, 92 A.L.R.2d 1298. Presumption and burden of proof where subject of bailment is destroyed or damaged by fire, 44 A.L.R.3d 171. Liability of bailee of airplane for damage thereto, 44 A.L.R.3d 862. Liability of operator of marina or boatyard for loss of or injury to pleasure boat left for storage or repair, 44 A.L.R.3d 1332.